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...suggests. And the Ricci case provides a first exchange between Obama's nominee and her future colleagues on a discrimination issue. In the ruling on Monday, the court's five conservatives overturned the decision Sotomayor helped author while on the Second Circuit. That lower court had decided not to hear allegations of reverse discrimination brought by firefighters who claimed the city of New Haven had violated their civil rights by throwing out promotion-test results because no black candidates had passed. (See pictures of Judge Sonia Sotomayor...
...major breakthrough, they warn that the number of victims will reach into the tens of thousands or more. Because of that, they say Morin's initial compensation fund of $14 million will probably have to be increased to nearly $100 million. Those groups also argue that the commission to hear radiation claims - which will be composed of a judge and eight doctors - should also include veteran representatives. "The past has shown us that experts designated by the state on this have often been less than independent from politicians in their decisions, which is why we want our representatives present...
...only time Madoff turned to the victims was for a brief five-second period during his statement, as he offered them a direct apology. Victims later said this brief gesture meant nothing to them. Outside the courthouse hundreds of people, including many victims and the news media, waited to hear the sentence. When news came just before midday, applause broke...
...again, we hear you groaning. Another Woody Allen movie that propagandizes crabby old guys attracting cute young women. This is not a comedy scenario; it's a criminal offense, right? Except that in Whatever Works, Allen has taken his usual ingredients--mismatched pairings, the collision of the bitter and the sweet, an abiding love for Dixieland jazz, classic Hollywood movies and his hometown--and somehow made his freshest film in ages. After four pictures abroad, two of which (Match Point and Vicky Cristina Barcelona) were pretty good, the 73-year-old writer-director has found new vigor and warmth...
...Farsi. While the front pages of Iranian newspapers were full of blank space where censors had whited out news stories, Twitter was delivering information from street level in real time: Woman says ppl knocking on her door 2 AM saying they were intelligence agents, took her daughter and we hear 1dead in shiraz, livefire used in other cities...